NBA | Pax strengthens his lead and the Lakers cross his cap

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Today at dawn, many exciting games were played in the NBA, as the Milwaukee Bucks team managed to add a new victory to their top spot in the Eastern Region and overall standings by beating away their Orlando Magic 111-100.

The Los Angeles Lakers were able to regain their balance after a series of four consecutive defeats by beating hosts Portland Trail Blazers 128-120.

At the "Weissorf Forum", Milwaukee proved that he does not depend exclusively on his Greek star Yannis Antikonukembo and went out to win the second match, respectively, without him, thanks to the collective performance, where four of his players crossed the 15-point barrier.

The best player of the past season missed Pax for the second game in a row because of pain in his back, but this did not prevent his team from achieving its 29th victory in 34 games and 16th on home soil out of 18 so far.

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In the absence of Antitoconembo, Turkish Ersan Eliasova played a key and made a big game by scoring 17 points with 14 rebounds, while Chris Middleton was the best with 21 with 5 rebounds and 7 assists, and Robin Lopez and George Hill added 17 points.

Eliasova played the primary role in this victory by scoring three consecutive quarters in the last quarter, to give his team the lead 89-77, then Brock Lopez then intervened to intercept the attempt by Montenegro Nikola Vuchevich, giving the opportunity to his teammate Pat Konaton to score a very important basket through which he paved the way against Pax To settle this quarter 33-26, the exit eventually victorious.
Frenchman Ivan Fournier was Orlando's best player by scoring 23 points, adding Vuchevic 21 with 8 rebounds and 4 assists, without that enough to spare their team their 18th defeat in 31 games and 12 out of 16 away.

At Moda Center, Lexus returned to the winning streak after a series of four consecutive defeats, by beating hosts Portland Trail Blazers 128-120 thanks to the efforts of Kyle Cosma and LeBron James, where the first scored 24 points and the second 21 with 16 assists.

The replacements, including Kuzma, were the key to winning the 25th Lakers in 32 games (the second best team in the overall ranking and the best in the Western Region), as they contributed 72 points out of 128, while Portland substitutes settled 36 points, which played a key role in receiving Their team lost their third consecutive 19th this season despite the efforts of Damien Lillard (31 points) and Hassan Whiteside (19 with 16 rebounds).
James Harden shine and score 44 points
Houston Rockets won their fifth in the last six games and 22 out of 32 this season, and came at the expense of its guest Brooklyn Nets 108-98 thanks to the brilliance of the duo James Harden (44 points with 10 rebounds and 6 assists) and Russell Westbrook (23 points with 9 rebounds and 7 Assists).

After a series of four consecutive victories, the Golden State Warriors relapsed again and fell at home to the Dallas Mavericks 121-141 after he was unable to stop the Slovenian star Luka Duncic, who achieved his ninth "Triple Double" this season, scoring 31 points with 15 assists and 12 assists. Follow up in just 30 minutes.

Defending champions Raptors settled their strong encounter with hosts Boston Celtics and inflicted only a second defeat on their home stadium out of 15 games, by beating 113-97 thanks to the efforts of Kyle Lawrie (30 points) and Spain's Serge Ibaka (20 points).

And the Serbian Nikola Jokic scored the "Triple Double" for the seventh time this season, scoring 31 points with 10 rebounds and similar assists, to lead the Denver Nuggets to his 22nd win out of 31 games by beating his guest Memphis Grizzlies 119-100.

The Philadelphia Sixers fell to hosts Miami Heat 116-117 after the extension despite efforts by Cameroonian Joel Emped (35 points with 11 rebounds), while New Orleans Pelicans beat Indiana Pacers 120-98, the Chicago Bulls beat the Atlanta Hawks 116-81, and the Cleveland Cavaliers over Minnesota Timberwolves 94-88, New York Knicks over Washington Wizards 107-100, San Antonio Spurs over Detroit Pistons 136-109, Phoenix Suns over Sacramento Kings 110-112, and Utah Jazz over Los Angeles Clippers 120-107 thanks to Donovan Mitchell's brilliance (30 points) With 7 rebounds and 9 assists).